Category Archives: Rationalization

I’m in the process of conducting interviews with a range of media, advertising, and audience measurement industry professionals on the changes in the field of audience measurement, and their potential implications. And increasingly, not only through these interviews, but through … Continue reading →

Earlier this month, Warner Brothers acquired the movie-focused social media site Flixster, along with the movie review site Rotten Tomatoes. There are all sorts of strategic reasons why a movie studio would want to own these sites, but the one … Continue reading →

Perhaps one of the most intriguing emerging fields of audience measurement is what has been dubbed “neuro-metrics.” Neuro-metrics involves the use of neuroscience based systems to measure audiences’ emotional response and cognitive engagement with different types of content.

One of the things I tried to do in Audience Evolution was to provide a thorough and comprehensive review of the literature on what I call “audience understanding” — which in this case refers to the various ways in which … Continue reading →

The relationship between the motion picture industry and its audience is one that I find fascinating. There has long been a sort of love-hate relationship with audience research in the motion picture business, dating back to the very earliest days of … Continue reading →

One of the things I talk about in Audience Evolution is how certain sectors of the media industry have historically been much more active than others in terms of gathering and analyzing data about their audiences. Generally (not surprisingly), ad-supported media … Continue reading →